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The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene Staff Pick Using Simpsons and X-Files examples, Brian Greene explains our current understanding of the universe. Whereas The Elegant Universe was primarily about the obscure, largely theoretical world of susperstring theory, Fabric of the Cosmos holds to more solid... (read more) Your price: $8.50 Used - Book Club Paperback
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson Publisher Comments National Bestseller September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson Staff Pick In preparing this engaging biography of the world's most famous smart guy, Isaacson enlisted the aid of several physicists including Murray Gell-Mann, Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, and Douglas Stone. As a result, this is much more than an "Einstein... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Staff Pick This learned and amusing work covers the origin of the universe to the human genome. A welcome journey with Bryson in typical wise and witty fashion.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Good Vibrations: The Physics of Music by Barry Parker Publisher Comments Why does a harpsichord sound different from a piano? For that matter, why does middle C on a piano differ from middle C on a tuning fork, a trombone, or a flute? Good Vibrations explains in clear, friendly language the out-of-sight physics responsible... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos by Seth Lloyd Publisher Comments Is the universe actually a giant quantum computer? According to Seth Lloyd--professor of quantum-mechanical engineering at MIT and originator of the first technologically feasible design for a working quantum computer--the answer is yes. This book... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Hidden Connections: A Science for Sustainable Living by Fritjof Capra Publisher Comments Fritjof Capra, bestselling author of The Tao of Physics and The Web of Life, here explores another frontier in the human significance of scientific ideas—applying complexity theory to large-scale social interaction. In the 1980s, complexity... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Meaning of It All by Richard Phillips Feynman Publisher Comments Many appreciate Richard P. Feynman?s contributions to twentieth-century physics, but few realize how engaged he was with the world around him?how deeply and thoughtfully he considered the religious, political, and social issues of his day. Now, a... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind Publisher Comments The epic, behind-the-scenes story of an astounding gap in our scientific knowledge of the cosmos. In the past few years, a handful of scientists have been in a race to explain a disturbing aspect of our universe: only 4 percent of it consists of... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot Staff Pick The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot is one of my favorite books. Fascinating. Amazing! Physics, swamis, waves, and particles. Extremely readable.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Radio-Activity (Dover Phoenix Editions) by Ernest Rutherford Publisher Comments A classic 1904 work, Nobel Laureate Ernest Rutherford describes his pioneering experiments with radioactivity. Includes a discussion of radioactive substances, examinations of the ionization theory of gases, methods of measurement, the nature... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Synchronicity: The Bridge Between Matter and Mind by F David Peat Publisher Comments With fascinating historical anecdotes and incisive scientific analysis, this important work combines ancient thought with modern theory to reveal a new way of viewing our universe that can expand our awareness, our lives, and may well point the way to a... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Why Things Break by Mark Eberhart Publisher Comments Did you know— • It took more than an iceberg to sink the Titanic. • The Challenger disaster was predicted. • Unbreakable glass dinnerware had its origin in railroad lanterns. • A football team cannot lose momentum... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene Staff Pick Using Simpsons and X-Files examples, Brian Greene explains our current understanding of the universe. Whereas The Elegant Universe was primarily about the obscure, largely theoretical world of susperstring theory, Fabric of the Cosmos holds to more solid... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin Staff Pick An ambitious tribute to a brilliant mind, Sherwin and Bird's intriguing biography gives insight into the full sweep of Oppenheimer's life and genius. Articulate and thoughtful, American Prometheus captures the intellect of the gifted physicist and... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics, Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher by Richard P Feynman Publisher Comments Richard P. Feynman (19181988) was widely recognized as the most creative physicist of the postWorld War II period. His career was extraordinarily expansive. From his contributions to the development of the atomic bomb a Los Alamos during... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen W Hawking Publisher Comments At the very frontiers of science, professor Stephen Hawking invites you to be a fellow traveler on an extraordinary voyage through space-time. Full-color illustrations.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Encounters with Einstein: And Other Essays on People, Places, and Particles (Princeton Science Library) by Werner Heisenberg Publisher Comments In nine essays and lectures composed in the last years of his life, Werner Heisenberg offers a bold appraisal of the scientific method in the twentieth century--and relates its philosophical impact on contemporary society and science to the particulars... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Six Not So Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, & Space-Time (Helix Book) by Richard P Feynman Publisher Comments No twentieth-century American scientist is better known to a wider spectrum of people than Richard P. Feynman (19181988)physicist, teacher, author, and cultural icon. His autobiographies and biographies have been read and enjoyed by millions... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory by Werner Heisenberg Publisher Comments In this classic treatise, a complete physical picture of quantum theory, the Nobel Laureate covers not only his own far-reaching contributions to quantum theory, but also those of Dirac, Schroedinger, Compton, Wilson, Einstein and others. "An... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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